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U.S. blacklists senior AQIM leader as terrorist

Xinhua, May 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

The United States has designated Musa Abu Dawud, a senior leader for al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) as a terrorist, the State Department said Thursday.

As a result of this designation, all property subject to U.S. jurisdiction in which Musa Abu Dawud has any interest is blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with Dawud.

Musa Abu Dawud began engaging in terrorist activity as early as 1992. He was a senior member of the Algerian Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC), now known as AQIM, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, and participated in multiple terrorist attacks in that capacity, according to a statement issued by the U.S. State Department.

As a senior leader for AQIM, Dawud is responsible for multiple terrorist attacks, including the Feb.4-5, 2013 attack on the military barracks in Khenchela, Algeria, that injured multiple soldiers and a July 2013 attack on a Tunisian military patrol in the Mount Chaambi area that killed nine soldiers.

Dawud is also in charge of the training and recruitment of new members for AQIM. Endit